HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK
wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I agree with that. Especially when there are some decent CC's in
that size that stay dry and self bail quickly in the even of a
greenie. If I want to get wet, I'll go swimming.

Eisboch
Uh, please explain to me how, if you take a substantial greenie
over the bow while you are in a 21' center console boat:

1. your feet are going to stay dry (unless you lift them up and put
them on the gunnels or console), and,
Yes, which is also why I prefer a seat rather than a leaning post.
Just lift your feet up.


2. the hull is going to self-bail quickly through the rather small
scuppers one typically finds on such boats.

My limited experience has been that the "rather small" scuppers ....
(in many cases not even scuppers, but rather inefficient drains),
are slow to self bail. Doesn't matter in your case because you
like wet feet. I modified one of the open, CC's I had with some
decent sized, real scuppers to rid the deck more quickly. I don't
like walking around the back of the boat going "splosh, splosh,
splosh".

Eisboch

It isn't a matter of liking my feet wet, it is the realization that
in a small, open fishing boat, they are going to get wet. Hell, when
I launch a trailer boat, I don't unhook the trailer strap from the
bow ring until the stern of the boat is afloat. So, how do I unhook
the strap? I walk out into the water and unhook it. At that point, my
feet are already wet.

Harry, you need to work on your technique. I've trailer launched and
retrieved many boats from 16 footers to 26 footers by myself and never
got even a toe wet.

Eisboch



But...it doesn't bother me if my feet get wet...


Harry,
I do have to ask, with it being a beautiful weekend, and you have this
beautiful new boat, why didn't you go boating for more then 30 min.?